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Cut to Kolkata

Hindustan Times | ByRuchir Joshi
Apr 07, 2012 08:01 PM IST

Most Bollywood films have lazily stayed within the municipal limits of Bombay-Mumbai, and ventured into Delhi only recently. Will that change with Kahaani?

It’s funny how films and cities attach themselves to each other, how one weaves itself into the other sometimes to become inextricable in our minds. The legendary film-maker Jean-Luc Godard made many films that were cinematic love letters to his beloved Paris, some very subtle and some, like One or Two Things I know About Her, extremely direct ‘portraits’ of the city. Leaving these feature films aside, the one I really love to quote is a short Godard made for a cluster of six films on Paris made by six leading directors. In Godard’s film, a young woman is secretly juggling two lovers, a typically Parisian thing to do.

Usual suspects: Kahaani is replete with predictable locations like this north Calcutta gali
Usual suspects: Kahaani is replete with predictable locations like this north Calcutta gali
A sense of belonging: It does feel like Kahaani could only have taken place in amaader Kolkata
A sense of belonging: It does feel like Kahaani could only have taken place in amaader Kolkata
Getting its due: Over the last decade Delhi has begun to feature seriously in films like Dev.D
Getting its due: Over the last decade Delhi has begun to feature seriously in films like Dev.D
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